Yeah...especially since it's all relative. As far as 1st party goes, Sony has tons relative to it's competiton. Microsoft has been slow in this department, but they've claimed to have made strides, hopefully this will prove true. 1st party games make owning more systems fun and I like owning lots of platforms.

Sony have been building for generations. Sony at the start of last gen explained that 3rd party exclusives would be on the wane. They already had their strategy in motion. Please do not compare sonys model to the stagnant nintendo one or mircosofts relatively new and inexperienced one. Both have numbers but the output from each is very different. New ips has been one of nintendos flaws of late. Microsoft on the other hand introduced more ips and are making improvements from what I can see but time will tell if their management of the studios they hold and their consistency of output is up to scratch. Sony need to continue doing what they're doing.... From what I've seen they are making improvements in regards to indie studios and games. They have the best output of the 3 in terms of full exclusives. Like mircosoft and nintendo alike, sony has a stash of dormant ips so I call that a scratch. The ethos of each may change but last gen showed the differences between the big 3

Let me guess he is back on the ps4 fanboy bad side lol. What he is saying is true, Sony has been riding the wave of 2 internal studios. Ps4 fans would have you believe they have a lot of first party content when they didn't have much more then 360 last gen and that's a bad thing. So far this gen, Sony is milking those same 2 devopers. There is a reason Sony is trying to bring more developers into the fold, they need new stuff.

First of all lets not get confused with 3rd party games that have been bought out by MS. Secondly, PD-Gran Turismo SP-Infamous SM-God of War ES- Drive club, motorstorm GG - Kilzone MM - Litlebigplanet JS Gravity Rush (PSN games like rain and Tokyo Jungle) ND - Uncharted and the last of us RAD (not strictly 1st party) The order. QD (not first party again but makes Sony owned games) Heavy Rain, Beyond.

Do people still not realize that Pachter's "predictions" and "comments" are specifically designed to sway the market? Any analyst gives analysis for money and in private.

Notice how his analysis never, ever, ever paints 3rd party publishers in a negative light.

Notice how his "predictions" and "analysis" always downplays first-party companies (he rarely has a nice thing to say about Microsoft, Sony, or Nintendo's 1st party offerings) and always praises 3rd parties.

I don't think he will be buttkissing sony inless the financial industry collapses and fails to exist. Hes a finacial analyst not a game analyst. He just happens to be a favorite when it comes to the business sode of games. He won't go away as long as people click on stories featured about him. So to click on a story about him then complain we need to stop giving him airtime is ki nda hypocritical. I've never understood why people complain what he says shows hes not a true gamer. It doesn't matter because the majority of stuff he's asked has mot ao much to do about gaming as it does with finances and business

Xbox fanboys, Pachter is ALWAYS an idiot. Always. Sometimes he's more of an idiot than usual, sometimes he's less, but he's ALWAYS an idiot. Your attempts at shouting about hypocrisy just make you look as stupid as Pachter because, say it with me now, PACHTER IS ALWAYS AN IDIOT!

You do realize that of the 4 major (I use the term loosely here) retail titles available on the Xbox One (Ryse, Dead Rising 3, Forza 5, Killer Instinct) only one is a first party title. Not to mention upcoming titles such as Quantum Break and Titanfall are also not first party.

Meanwhile both Killzone and Knack are both first party titles. Also, upcoming titles such as Drive Club and Infamous: SS are first party. Thats 4 so far, do you really want to compare first party content?

I don't even understand what you mean by Sony milking the same 2 studios this gen. Currently they have games (released or announced) by Guerilla, SCE Japan, Sucker Punch, Evolution Studios, and Ready at Dawn (2nd Party).

That was such a dishonest troll attempt. This is why no one takes Xbox fans' hypocrisy claims seriously. Let's look at the whole of your comment that got you disagrees:

lol, X1 had the 180 bad press pre launch, it launched a week after ps4, it hasn't hit even half the markets ps4 is in, it's $100 more expensive, it broke 360 sells records and as we know 360 was a major success, it beat ps4 in Dec npd, X1 has a better lineup of games and everyone involved with xbox are talking about more great games to come, micros recent financial report was very positive, while sony looks like a company in financial trouble= how in the hell is that getting your butt kicked?

Funny how when Pachter is bashing micro he's taken seriously but when it's sony he's a joke, right?

I'd like to know how this guy even makes people money. He lives in a wicked cool house and drives wicked nice cars, and it's all because of his knowledge of the market... If I could make that much money for being terrible at something, I'd be swinging on a stripper pole right now.

To be honest, they were talking about Playstation Now, and Mike was arguing that previous cloud based gaming services had big trouble getting 3'rd party games onto their system, that wasn't at least 2 years old. To this Geoff replied "Sony has ALOT of first party content" referring to the fact that said content, could go on PSNow, to which Mike replied, "Alot is a strecth, they have around 30"......

personally I dont see the problem, but good job on the "Bandwagon-bashing".

Someone needs attention. Anyone notice that the past week, Pachter's just one inflammatory statement after the other? I just can't help but feel that he's purposefully trying to rile people up for attention for some reason.

I remember when Pacther was still actually an analyst...so many years ago...

Pachter is a funny guy, saying silly things like that and actually expecting people to believe it. Look at the PS3 to see how wrong he is, 2013 alone had a large amount of first party content compared to other platforms. As ive said before, i really can't believe this man is paid to say things like this. He is trying his best to draw attention to himself lately, isn't he?

Looking at the article picture, i wish it was his head getting the Kratos treatment, lol.

When I said the other day that Patcher was a troll, Microsoft shill and Xbox fanboy a lot of people pounced, but look at what he's saying now... Another retarded statement that total contradicts deals Sony has going on right now... Deals like free PS Plus games... Some of the biggest games in the industry, mind you: We're talking Bioshock Infinite, Metro: Last Light and other massive titles.

Again, this guy said it himself that he's very close with Microsoft. He always references Xbox when talking about gaming systems -- as if he were advertising the freaking brand...

@TheRedButterfly, its because Pachter either states something obviously correct or he'll state something that is obviously wrong.

Soo everybody hates him, and hates him with passion as he sits on his ass and then goes out and states something obviously correct or obviously wrong and gets paid for it. Everybody on the net could do his job!

The comment in context is right. thirty games is how many he said they have roughly that they could bring to playstation now since they are only going to be bringing ps3 games for now and they will only be able to bring first party games for now, thats going to be the extent of the library until third parties sign up for the service

Ok let me tell you what happened. I was playing mp of killzone on my ps4 the other day. A guy join by the name of "PAC-attack" he claimed that he's a game analyst and this is his first time playing. So I hunted him down the whole time. He managed only one kill. He went on a Rant and start yelling that he hate the ps4 and their games. I heard a loud bang from his mic and a few second later he left the room. We assumed he toss his controller in a fit of rage but who knows. 5 minutes later I got a pm from him. To summarize he say that he hated ps fanboy and that he will ruin Sony because he's a respected analyst. He told me to enjoy the playstation while it last.

This coincide with all the negative article that been popping up for Sony by patcher.

Judging the current state of the PS4 library, he's technically right (it is in its fledgling stage right now, after all); however, we're talking about Sony here: holder of possibly the best first party composition in history. Give it time, and the PS4 has potential to have the greatest first party lineup ever. ;)

Hes talking about PS now and sonys PS3 games here nothing to do with PS4 exclusives or upcoming content. He has a point in a way but this is entirely taken out of context by some people on here I feel. I feel a lot of what he says usually is. What he is talking about is when PS Now launces games will be 2-3 years old because unlike say PS+ devs will be making next to nothing off them. Remember Sony gives Devs adspace etc in return for PS+ games thats how it gets games only a few months old and for that reason can only provide 2-3 games a month (major title). With PS now theres gonna be a lot more than 2-3 titles as your gonna be paying a subscription not £39.99 a year. So there gonna need a lot more games on there so to fill that content there gonna go crazy on back catalogue rather than new cat.. I hope you guys make sense of that..

It's MEANT for the back catalogue. Jesus. Apart from the fact that Sony have stated this on numerous occasions, do you think they'd want to cut into PS4 sales by offering PS4 games on the Vita, PS3, TVs, Tablets, Smartphones or any other device PSNow enabled? Pachter gets paid to effect markets NOT to make any real predictions.

I really can't fathom why some people still don't understand what PSNow is. It's very straightforward.

Misleading title, this is all about Sony's First party content on PS Now. 30 games Pachter says, not including the gigantic list of classics. Seriously who still listens to Pachter, Oh Geoff does. Probably took Pachters advise on this past VGX awards too.

Correct me if I'm wrong (I'm not wrong) but, don't you do a great deal of crying when someone brings up Sony in a Microsoft article? Can I ask what it is you are doing bringing up Microsoft in a Sony article?

No offence but he's only putting on this "For the Gamers" attitude on after the shit storm the Xbox One went through last year and the all the negative stuff about frame rate, resolution and lower specs compared to the PS4

He wants to make it look like Microsoft has changed their ways, he's done it before.

I know we all want a new Rare game for example and hell after what has happened to MS they might do it to win back fans but I wouldn't count on it to be honest.

It's just to try and sell as many Xbox Ones as they can and once they do, just like the 360, they'll drop the whole "For the Gamers" thing and revert back to what they did at the end of last gen.

It's a hard thing to swallow for some but I'm not being a fanboy making this crap out of thin air....I'm just a gamer learning from past mistakes.

Exactly, this is routine for MS. Act all "for the gamers" at the start of the gen and then just slowly drop core support, rinse and repeat. And people fall for it every time.

All Phil is doing is telling the masses what they want to hear after the ****storm that has been the past year for MS. How that isn't blatant to anyone is beyond me. Then you actually have people saying things like "that's great to hear Phil", "Keep up the good work Phil, we love you" and im like....SERIOUSLY?! Where was this "for the gamers" attitude from 2010 onwards? Why wasn't Phil "for the gamers" then? Pure PR BS to try and get back into our good books (and pockets) after the terrible past year that MS has had.

Are you really that threatened/jealous by the abundance of Sony 1st party studios that you have to come into a Sony article and list completely off topic MS studios and what games they are working on? Wow.

I thought you hated it when Sony fans comment on X1 articles Hypocrite much?

Yesterday (I think) he was ragging on The Order: 1886 for having no multiplayer or horde mode, regardless of the fact that there is no game on Xbox One with horde mode, nor will there be for some time. Quantum Break, one of his most anticipated games has no multiplayer, and he let's it slide. http://n4g.com/news/1453514...

He called Ryse a fantastic game, and thinks inFamous:Second Son will be just "ok". Comedy gold and says it all.

Regardless MS still carries the stigma of badly managing its talent. Have the example of Rare, of doing nothing with it but forcing out its experienced senior staff and leadership, and reducing it a hollow studio who's IPs have to be done by others.

They've been in the console market for over a decade, yet somehow still use either try to use the excuse that they're not that familiar with it, or have such applied to them by supporters. That's ridiculous.

Notice how all m$ IP have lost they developer team, studios and etc. Those IP have lost it soul ..

Sony knows this and they don't waste time, that is why they close down Zipper, because many of the main developers where gone and they lost their way.

You can't just give uncharted to any developer throw in $ and hope for the game to do just as well.. The new halo devs have lost many of the former bungie developers that it had, is game over for them.

More Info on Uncharted 4 More Info on The Order More Info on DriveClub Guerrilla Games new IP Sucker Punchs new IP Sony Santa Monicas new IP Quantic Dreams new IP Sony Japan Sony London Sony Bend GT7 Media Molecule Sony San Diego Heavenly Sword 2...maybe Crash Bandicoot in their somewhere...hopefully

The guy just doesn't get it does he. Sony have a catalogue of games that go right back to the PS1 that they haven't used for YEARS. Whether they are still first party I don't know (forgive and correct me if I'm wrong) but despite that lets take a look

You know what I mean....they could still bring games back from the PS1/PS2 days that didn't do well and they could reboot them to make them better. Then you have the fact they are adding second teams to their studios, that could expand over time so even lesser known studios who prove themselves get one.

Oh and I didn't even mention the Indie games they've done and the MMO's

He doesn't hit up the PlayStation Store and download Syphon Filter and play it on his Vita,, nor does he care about being able to download/stream and play games like Starfox Adventures, Bloody Roar or Fable. He doesn't get excited for games like Persona, or Yakuza, or Final Fantasy.

If he was a gamer in his youth, he's past that now. He's wearing his business shoes 24/7, unless he's playing casual games with his family, and looking at the future rather than caring about any kind of legacy games companies might have under their collective belts. He doesn't care about what gamers really want. He has no understanding of the nature of gamers and goes as far as calling those who watch his show (gamers) "babies". He has no respect or understanding for actual gaming culture, and considering he's wrong a majority of the time, and insults gamers a lot, I think he's a leech on this industry.

It's all about money for developement. Sony just lost 1 billion last quarter. I think they have a good plan for their games. Mark Cerney said they make tons of money off Indie games. They cost less to Develope and they are a big profit. I don't expect tons of 1st party games when you can make cheaper games with huge profit.

He did because he thinks that third party won't put content on the service without a fee. This reasoning ignores what Sony does already with PSN plus and goes against what he previously stated that games don't make much money past the first month of sale (because sales stall). The latter is why we got Bioshock infinite for free. Sony paid and Bioshock wasn't exactly going to sell anymore units

His opinion on Playstation Now makes a little sense but I'm not buying this at all. We haven't seen any of Sony's A team games for this generation past a teaser for Uncharted. Meh, that's all the care I have for this comment, you guys got it from here.

I do have to agree with him on that one.Sony just doesnt have any games that stand out like first party games on the Xbox One.PS4 had one game that stood out and now it will be in the bargin bin a few months after release.Its called the order no coop,no multiplayer and not even 1080p/60fps on this so called beast you hear about.Look at the 3 launch titles on the X1 Dead Rising 3,Forza 5,and RYSE all hitting the million mark.On the PS4 you had Killzone hitting 1.2 million with knack at 200,000 which is very sad.There just isnt any games again its the PS3 all over again.Thats why i didnt keep my PS3 but for a year and why i wont buy a PS4 after playing one

Lol at posting tales from your ass. If dont live under a rock you would know that killzone is outselling all other first party games. Just check the weekly official sales charts on neogaf, and stop posting bullsh*t

dude stop killzone has been garbage since the beginning of time no competitive scene at all the game feels terrible and is not fun to play. especially shadow fall ive never returned a game so fast in my life there production is god tier. but when it comes to gameplay they fail time after time so bland and unfun nothing unique shadow fall marked the last killzone i will ever buy they have been getting worse since 2. the only reason microsoft is in the game is because ps has no great shooters to compete with that's a fact stop kissing sony's ass.

lol Killzone has the best control's in a FPS.. the game is very playable without even having auto aim bs that kids like you have been spoiled by because of the very bad control's that games like COD or BF have.

That is how you know when a game have bad controls, when they need auto aim. Just think about it.

The only problem I'm having with Killzone Shadow Fall so far is the lag.. I'm disappointed by the lag on a next gen game.

I remember 3 or 4 years ago he was the biggest joke on Gametrailers. People used to rip him a new one all the time because he said some retarded sh.. Then after GT changed its whole look, it seems like all the old users left too and all the new users came in not knowing how stupid Pachter was. Now it seems like people are seeing for the first time (or once again) how clueless he really is. I'm glad I left GT. This guy is one of their main contributors and he has huge ego and complains about fanboys, not realizng that he is a secret Xbox fanboy himself.

Pacther is always stupid. The only time he gets things right is when he states things Stevie Wonder could see. His other predictions are usually so far off the mark he might as well have had his back to the target.

It would be far more stupid for people to disagree with his obvious remarks just to keep up the "hate."

I mean, that would be like denying it's 12:00, even though it IS, just because the watch you're looking at is broken. You can still confirm from other sources that, yes, it's 12:00, so why in the hell would you say "Nope, not twelve. That watch is broken, so it's gotta be wrong."